Jack Carr’s Writing Advice 

Thanks for sharing. I started a book 10 years ago and add to it every now and then. I have always doubted if anyone would want to read it. My wife and family love it. I just find it hard to keep pushing to finish it through the daily grind of life.

I'm not an author, hell, I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express... but seriously, this is great advice for kicking ass in pursuit of any dream 🤘

Thank you Jack. You are making a massive contribution with all the good quality creative outputs.

My first Jack Carr experience was "In The Blood" in January of 2024...I loved it! Since then (and btwn. Mark Greaney, Vince Flynn & Brad Thor these last few months), I've now read almost all of your books (in proper order), and this day of March 31, I just started "Only The Dead". I took a break, came across this tuber & decided to give it a watch. I'm glad I did... I've done some writing, and REALLY would like to do more extensive writing ('cause a lot of what I wrote is kinda "poem-like" stuff of people I know)... This tuber reminded me that I have date books I've kept since 1986, so I can tell you where I was (what I did, etc.) 10, 15, 20 yrs ago on this date. I sometimes wondered how I would use that information to write a good book...since I haven't had too exciting a life (tho I am a happy being). I'd HAVE TO fictionalize it... Anyway, one thing that prevents me from writing is that I love to read (it's so much easier). I have no problem, if I have the time, spending an entire day reading a book (some yrs ago, I read Dan Brown's 400+ page "Origins" in less than 25 hrs - in one sitting). Watching this tuber is giving me the "nudge" I need to go through my datebooks and jot down what I can to use for a "novel" idea... It would be a start... btw, if I hadn't found & read Greaney's "The Gray Man", I would've never discovered Jack Carr books. You guys write some very additive books; I love them - I'd snort 'em if I could(!)...jes' kidding. Anyway, thanks for your fascinating book & video content - I tell anyone that'll listen to grab, AND READ, a copy of any of your books as they're all extremely engaging. You're an inspiration.

Valuable guidance Jack. Thank you for taking the time to compose your thoughts on writing, and doing this video for posterity. Greatly appreciated. Especially liked the comments on writing for yourself, for your bedside table. You are a true professional and the mentorship is well received.

These two videos were huge! Thanks for making them!

Nicely done, thank you.

Read all your books, cant wait for the new one. Keep up the good work and thank you for your service

Absolutely needed this. Thanks Jack!!

This was great Jack, thank you for sharing!

Thanks for your input and advice jack, very much appreciated

Thank you for sharing this.

Love this! Thank you. Working on a handful of novels and manga right now

Thank you, sir. What I needed to hear and absorb.

This is Awesome!! Thank You!🙏

Great content Jack! I've completed the writing for my photo-story book (110 pages, 20 chapters with 26 photos, of the story behind a photo (or two) that I have created) and am now working to self-publish.

Thank you for this Jack. I appreciate it beyond measure

Thanks Jack. Would love to see your bookshelves some day; the whole collection.

Greatness. Very helpful!

Thank you Sir, shared!

Really appreciate this

Very helpful. My first book comes out this month and I wish I’d had this video when I started writing years ago. Thanks JC.

I really enjoy the wiring advice videos

Thanks Jack!

Thanks for sharing Jack. Hope to see you at Thrillerfest.

Thank You Sir

I used to work as a freelance writer where I wrote articles about various topics including data reviews and product reviews. Some were written for blogs. I got five star reviews for some of the articles I did and great feedback from the clients I wrote for and I also worked as a freelance creative writer for a company that makes city expIoration games so I created one for my city [didn't do the flash fiction writing part but the directions and everything else i did]. I been writing creatively since I was a kid, even published a short piece of fiction for a college online literary magazine that I went to school at and gave a reading of it at school's library. I also love to read too. Got the Terminal List books yesterday so I look forward to reading them when I can. Currently I'm working on a horror novel series, doing the first draft of a sequel aka book 2 [there's 3 books in series but I finished the first draft of book 1 back in 2019 with a option of a prequel if main series does well once it's published] but I haven't worked on book 2 lately but I hope to return to working on it again, finish it and start prep work for book 3 and then publish the main series. Haven't worked on book 2 draft since last year because I was busy with doing job in restaurant hospitality industry and doing coursework to go into my desired career so now that I'm not in restaurant hospitality industry job anymore [left it last month] and is now in my desired career i can go back to working on my book series again. I'm also a self-published author on Amazon, mostly it's just publishing coloring books, word search books, and mazes books for my brand of books and that I started last year. But great advice here, Jack.

I started writing my first novel late around September of last year and have procrastinated and haven't wrote much. In fact, I am starting from scratch with the idea and fleshing out an outline.

Thank you Bro. !

Great to hear “The Last of the Breed” mentioned. I also miss the writings of J. C. Pollack, etc. I really enjoyed hearing your opinions on the process-keep ‘em coming.

Thanks for the advice! I have finished my first novel and am working on book two while I have some beta readers going through it. Next step is finding an agent and a publisher! It’s been my passion project since leaving full time law enforcement.

Very cool.

These are also great life lessonsl

Do you have a recommendation if you have a great character, great storyline, great series, and have great ideas for novellas and a series around the characters but you are not a great writer? I believe I have a character unlike any other in the military action thriller genre but am struggling to plot and outline. I have tried a few ghosts but they cannot seem to capture some of the unique features of the characters and storylines. Any advice would be great!

I was given a similar mantra: Not even Jesus could please everyone.

If anyone deserves a Gundie Award, you do! Keep up the awesome content.

Jack, one question. Do you have an opinion on the "Scene & Sequel" idea of writing? I've gotten lost in the world of "how to" books (story structure, proper arcs, hitting ever plot point, etc, etc, etc) that I now become overwhelmed by all the "rules." But then I recently found the Scene and Sequel approach, and feel it may be my answer. It's much easier to focus on one scene, one chapter, at a time, rather than ALL these rules. It also seems to allow me to get into the characters heads more, and allow more "flow" for me. Idk, just curious! I'm more of an analytical writer, who if anything OVER outlines, and needs to learn to become more of the "pantser" which I realize isn't as common in writing.

“The most terrifying thing to face as a writer.. a blank page.”

Jack will probably never see this but anyone know of good contests to submit to? I think my work is pretty good but REALLY struggling to find an agent willing to read it.

As a writter, even if you don't write, you can read what you already wrote to improve the text, you can do some researches to better describe something, or to have a better vocabulary, etc So when you are uninspired for the writing, do something else constructive

Keep up the great work Jack. Since Pres. DJT said he (Military) are going after the Mexican Cartels we he gets back. Hopefully you could write the Fiction (soon to be Non Fiction) book "Hunting the Cartel" (without giving the cartels our game plans) Thank you Sir P.S. Let the higher ups know to smoke the cartel members in America first, so their bosses in Mexico can't use/activate them

I'm currently working on mine. It's been about ten years of working through the story detail and presentation. Thanks for the advice if not worrying about treads and write, but my inner-self can't seem to detach from the writing process and the searching out beta readers and agents, particularly with the medium I'm using as my characters. I've thought of doing self-publishing, but works I've read in that vain seemed to be geared for quick action, a lot of dialog filler, and the market seems so saturated. I feel it's going more for quantity over quality. It just seems so daughting and trying to remain undaunted. The other bit I'm worried about is the infestation of woke culture in their superficial critical eye on subjects.

Unfortunately for me this is the very first time listening to Jack Carr speak. John Lovell's older brother.

Asking about advice (!?) No. Asking for advice. Before writing, it's helpful to have a mastery of basic English grammar.

Brah did you Faqin steal Han Solos line ! No no no Sir

The dense beard question : answer…genetics

I love this man hes doing such great things with his life

May 2023 be happier and more successful for you and your family. Happy New Years

May 2023 be happier and more successful for you and your family. Happy New Years :)